June Kirby

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June Kirby
Born
June Shirley Kirby

(1928-01-05) January 5, 1928 (age 94)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1951–1984
Spouse(s)Roy Whitlock
Bob Przybysz

June Shirley Kirby (born January 5, 1928[1]) is an American actress[2][3] and model,[4] who spent most of her career as a wardrobe mistress in Hollywood productions' costume departments.[5] She was a showgirl at The Diamond Horseshoe[6] in the late forties and was spotted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which offered her a couple of film parts as a Goldwyn Girl[7][8][9] such as in Vincente Minnelli's Kismet (1955) or Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Guys and Dolls (1955)[10] featured opposite Marlon Brando,[11] Larri Thomas and Pat Sheehan.[12][13] Kirby also performed on Broadway in As the Girls Go (1948-1950),[14] and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.[15]

Filmography[]

Actress[]

Year Title Director Role Notes
1955 Kismet Vincente Minnelli Harem lady - Goldwyn Girl
1955 Guys and Dolls Joseph L. Mankiewicz The Hot Box Girls number The number included Kirby, Pat Sheehan and Larri Thomas.
1955 The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre Eddie Davis - Season 1, Episode 26: What Do You Want in a Show.
1957 Highway Patrol Eddie Davis Barbara Franklin Season 2, Episode 18: Statute of Limitations.
1957 The Garment Jungle Vincent Sherman & Robert Aldrich. The model
1957 Silk Stockings Rouben Mamoulian Model
1958 The Last Hurrah John Ford Model
1960 Bells Are Ringing Vincente Minnelli Party Guest

Costume Designer[]

Year Title Director Notes
1954 The Diamond Dennis O'Keefe & Montgomery Tully
1955 - 1956 Fabian of the Yard Charles Saunders 5 episodes:
- The Masterpiece
- Cocktail Girl
- The Ribbon Trap
- The Sixth Dagger
- The Lover's Knot
1962 Lunch Hour James Hill
1972 T.S. Lyndon-Haynes & John Reeve

Wardrobe Department[]

Year Title Director Head of Costume Notes
1956 Don Chaffey 10 episodes:
- The Smugglers
- The Frightened Angels
- The Door of Gold
- The Thief
- Lady Killer
- The Gun Runners
- Secret Enemy
- The Magenta Box
- The Amazon Bandit
- The Bomb
1971 On the Buses Harry Booth Rosemary Burrows
1983 The Keep Michael Mann Anthony Mendleson
1984 Supergirl Jeannot Szwarc Emma Porteous

Special Effects[]

Year Title Director Notes
1982 The Dark Crystal Jim Henson & Frank Oz Creatures fabricator for the Mystic Unit

Dance[]

In 1936, Kirby was a member of a dance troupe that performed "under the auspices of the Federal Theatre Project."[16]

Modeling[]

Kirby also worked as a model. In 1946, she was named "posture queen of America" by the National Chiropractic Association.[17] She was in Famous Models Magazine dated June 1950.[18]

Private life[]

Kirby dated men such as Mickey Rooney.[19] She married Roy B. Whitlock on August 20, 1960, and they had a daughter named Shawn. Whitlock died on December 23, 1984. She married Bob Przybysz. As of 2021, Kirby is retired and living in Aiken, South Carolina.

References[]

  1. ^ "June Kirby - The Private Life and Times of June Kirby. June Kirby Pictures". www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  2. ^ Koper, Richard (2010-03-31). Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens. BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-521-4.
  3. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007: F-L. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.
  4. ^ Pageant. Good Earth Corporation. 1955.
  5. ^ Clemens, Samuel (2020-05-22). Pat: A Biography of Hollywood's Blonde Starlet. Sequoia Press. ISBN 978-0-578-68282-2.
  6. ^ Monahan, Patrick (2014-01-24). "The Diamond Horseshoe, the World War II-Era Nightclub Resurrected by Randy Weiner and Simon Hammerstein". Vanity Fair Blogs. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  7. ^ "Stars Find World Tour Broadening". Kingsport, Tennessee. Kingsport News. July 7, 1956. p. 2. Retrieved November 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  8. ^ Marill, Alvin H. (1976). Samuel Goldwyn Presents. A. S. Barnes. ISBN 978-0-498-01658-5.
  9. ^ Cinéma (in French). Fédération française des ciné-clubs. 1985.
  10. ^ Kurtti, Jeff (1996). The Great Hollywood Musical Trivia Book. New York: Applause Books. p. 41. ISBN 1-55783-222-6.
  11. ^ Guérif, François (1977). Marlon Brando (in French). PAC. ISBN 978-2-85336-108-8.
  12. ^ Perone, James E. (2005). Woodstock: An Encyclopedia of the Music and Art Fair. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33057-5.
  13. ^ Cahiers Du Cinema in English. Cahiers Publishing. 1966.
  14. ^ "June Kirby". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  15. ^ Kilgallen, Dorothy (August 11, 1951). "Voice of Broadway". Pennsylvania, Franklin. The News-Herald. p. 4. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  16. ^ "Dancers Benefit by WPA Projects". California, San Bernardino. The San Bernardino County Sun. January 23, 1936. p. 10. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  17. ^ "(photo caption)". Texas, Corsicana. Corsicana Daily Sun. October 26, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  18. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1950). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  19. ^ Lait, Jack (April 1, 1952). "Broadway and Elsewhere". Pennsylvania, Stroudsburg. The Pocono Record. p. 16. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. open access

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